Widgets can be used to:make you blog more attractivehighlighting your blogging connectionsadvertise your posts and the most recent commentsshowcase where your readers are coming from A couple of years back edublogs published a list of the top widgets for your blog and sidebar, (though some of these are no longer available but the Voki creation option below still is very popular even though the free option is a little limited. HINT click the Play button).
You should also check out the edublogs sidebars and widgets help page for more ideas and help in setting up your widgets. Note also that some blog themes are not as good at working with widgets as others. Please also check the EST430 Assessment Rubric for expectations related to widgets in your blogs.
A couple of years back edublogs published a list of the top widgets for your blog and sidebar, (though some of these are no longer available but the Voki creation option below still is very popular even though the free option is a little limited. HINT click the Play button).
You might also like to look at an Overview of available edublogs widgets and Working With Widgets from the edublogs Teacher Blogging Challenge as well as the Pinterest Cool Widgets for Class Blogs and WebsitesTo help you our with widgets, Dominic Salvucci shows How To Change Theme and add Widgets in Edublogs
You should also check out the edublogs sidebars and widgets help page for more ideas and help in setting up your widgets. Note also that some blog themes are not as good at working with widgets as others. Please also check the EST430 Assessment Rubric for expectations related to widgets in your blogs.